My blues tripped a-really soon this mornin, baby
And it really did throw me down, yeah!
My blues tripped me this mornin, baby
And it really sho' did throw me down
My baby tol' me last night, baby
'I'm gonna leaves old Greenland town'

And so don't you go, baby
'Cause you sure really worryin' me
Don't you go now, baby
'Cause you really is worryin' po' me
I leave in the mo'nin now, sweet mama
I'm goin' back to Jackson, Tennessee

She said, 'Don't go baby'
Oh baby, I believe to my soul I'm dyin'
Yes, yes, yeah!
She said, 'Don't go, baby'
I believe to my soul I'm dyin'
If I ain't dyin', I'm a black man
And I believe to my, all to my soul, I'm lyin'

I's gon' go down, baby
'Cause I ain't gonna tell you even no lie
Don't go down, baby
Ain't gon' even tell you no lie
Day you quit me now, little woman
Oh an d'ats, d'ats the day you gonna die

Wouldn't mind dyin' now, baby
But I got to go by myself
Yes, yeah
Wouldn't mind dyin' now, baby
But I've got to go by myself
But I don't mind dyin' little woman
I'm gonna carry me to someone else

Mmm-mmm
Oh well, dyin' is hard to me
Says, oh well, baby
Dyin' sure is hard to me
My baby told, 'You don't' dies, baby
Well, you sho' gotta have a-doggone t.b.'